Africa Rankings
Population Size
in millions
| Rank | Country | in millions | |
|---|---|---|---|
Current | Previous | ||
1 | 1 |  Nigeria | 232.7M |
2 | 2 |  Ethiopia | 132.1M |
3 | 3 |  Egypt | 116.5M |
4 | 4 |  Democratic Republic of the Congo | 109.3M |
5 | 5 |  Tanzania | 68.6M |
6 | 6 |  South Africa | 64.0M |
7 | 7 |  Kenya | 56.4M |
8 | 8 |  Sudan | 50.4M |
9 | 9 |  Uganda | 50.0M |
10 | 10 |  Algeria | 46.8M |
11 | 11 |  Morocco | 38.1M |
12 | 13 |  Mozambique | 34.6M |
13 | 12 |  Ghana | 34.4M |
14 | 14 |  Madagascar | 32.0M |
15 | 15 |  Ivory Coast | 31.9M |
16 | 16 |  Cameroon | 29.1M |
17 | 17 |  Niger | 27.0M |
18 | 18 |  Mali | 24.5M |
19 | 19 |  Burkina Faso | 23.5M |
20 | 20 |  Malawi | 21.7M |
21 | 21 |  Zambia | 21.3M |
22 | 22 |  Chad | 20.3M |
23 | 23 |  Somalia | 19.0M |
24 | 24 |  Senegal | 18.5M |
25 | 25 |  Zimbabwe | 16.6M |
26 | 26 |  Guinea | 14.8M |
27 | 27 |  Benin | 14.5M |
28 | 28 |  Rwanda | 14.3M |
29 | 29 |  Burundi | 14.0M |
30 | 30 |  Tunisia | 12.3M |
31 | 31 |  Togo | 9.5M |
32 | 32 |  Sierra Leone | 8.6M |
33 | 33 |  Libya | 7.4M |
34 | 34 |  Republic of the Congo | 6.3M |
35 | 35 |  Liberia | 5.6M |
36 | 36 |  Central African Republic | 5.3M |
37 | 37 |  Mauritania | 5.2M |
38 | 38 |  Eritrea | 3.5M |
39 | 39 |  Namibia | 3.0M |
40 | 40 |  Gambia | 2.8M |
41 | 41 |  Gabon | 2.5M |
42 | 42 |  Botswana | 2.5M |
43 | 43 |  Lesotho | 2.3M |
44 | 44 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2.2M |
45 | 45 |  Equatorial Guinea | 1.9M |
46 | 46 |  Mauritius | 1.2M |
47 | 47 |  Swaziland | 1.2M |
48 | 48 |  Djibouti | 1.2M |
49 | 49 |  Comoros | 866.6K |
50 | 50 |  Cape Verde | 524.9K |
51 | 51 |  Sao Tome and Principe | 235.5K |
52 | 52 |  Seychelles | 121.4K |